Led Lighting For Shallow Tank

[Jacob Tofflemire]

Looking for some input from the experienced reefers here.
I've been working on setting up a rimless 80 Gal Reef Ready tank and trying to figure out the lighting.
Tank is 48" long, 24" wide and 16" tall, 2"-3" deep sandbed and 2 islands of rockwork that is about an 1"-2" below the water level.
Planning to be a mix of mostly softies and Lps with some Sps.
Was thinking about sticking with Kessil as I currently have 2 A80's and the spectral controller on a small tank and like the shimmering look.
If I stuck with Kessil would 2 A360WE be overkill for that shallow of a tank, or if I went AI could I get away with 3 of the Prime HD's.
Any advice is welcome Thanks.

 

[Luke.]

Here’s how I look at it , I myself have run kessils for years now and I agree the lights are good and gives off that nice shimmer , a160s would work but miiigghhttt have a wee shadow on the ends if I were you I’d go for the 360’s yes I agree they would be over kill but you just run them at less intensity and that way you should get more life out of the lights if you don’t run them at high intensity, hope this helps !

 

[Jacob Tofflemire]

Yea that makes sense and is likely the way I will go.
Curious if 2 of the Radion XR15 G4 Pros would have enough spread to cover the tank with minimal shadowing.

 

[TORX]

Yea that makes sense and is likely the way I will go.
Curious if 2 of the Radion XR15 G4 Pros would have enough spread to cover the tank with minimal shadowing.

The new XR15 G4 do state they will cover 24" each and may be a good choice for this tanks shallow dimensions. They will have to be high over the tank for the light to disperse across the 24". The G3 and below you would need 3.

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